Michigan defensive breakdown with Vance Bedford (week 3) - CMU recap; Nebraska preview
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🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode Vance Bedford and Sam Webb discussed Michigan's defensive performance in their 63-3 win over Central Michigan, highlighting Wink Martindale’s aggressive play-calling. Bedford detailed how the Wolverines’ defensive coordinator called six straight blitzes to open the game, causing back-to-back three-and-outs. He praised Jaishawn Barham for being a “one-man-wrecking-crew” and “Michigan’s best player overall” for his standout play. He also gave kudos to Bradyn Hillman in the secondary.   Bedford then noted Michigan’s need for improvement in stopping quarterback runs, and the challenges of preparing for Nebraska's offense. He predicted a close game with Cornhuskers, with Michigan winning by three points.
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| 0:00.0 | And welcome, folks, to the Michigan football. |
| 0:03.8 | Michigan football breakdown. |
| 0:05.1 | Focus on the defense with Vance Bedford, breaking down the defensive effort for the Michigan Wolverines. |
| 0:11.3 | 63 to 3 over Central Michigan. |
| 0:16.5 | The Wolverines finish out non-conference play, get ready for those cornhuskers. |
| 0:21.7 | Out there near Vance, they're coming out to his neck of the woods to see if they can open |
| 0:26.4 | up Big Ten play without their head coach with the victory. Vance, how you doing this afternoon, |
| 0:32.1 | my brother? I'm doing fantastic. The weather out here in Colorado's beautiful. It was 50 degrees |
| 0:36.8 | this morning. |
| 0:39.0 | You know, fall, trying to roll in here early. |
| 0:57.1 | I think today is a high stepping in four. You can see behind me in my, it's not my backyard. That's an open area. Just beautiful this time in a year right now. In two weeks, it'll all be brown and everything is dying out. It's just part of what we have in Colorado. Yeah, man, getting you some fresh air, some sun, you know. |
| 1:00.6 | You got, you get that mountain breeze out there, Vance? |
| 1:05.1 | You know, it's a nice little breeze right now, and I'm not complaining about the weather. |
| 1:10.0 | You know, I go on the Texas business of my dad sometimes, and there's 95 and no breeze at all. |
| 1:16.3 | So here we get all seasons, and we get, I would say, 10 months with just fantastic weather here. |
| 1:16.8 | I mean, it's just outstanding. |
| 1:19.3 | Absolutely. |
| 1:20.0 | So, Vance, you know, obviously a lot of the focus coming out of the Central Michigan game, |
| 1:24.8 | has been on the offense. |
| 1:25.6 | They put up 63 points. |
| 1:26.8 | They started turning the young fellow loose, the quarterback. |
| 1:31.2 | Bryce Underwood, he got it going with his legs and his arm in this game, which was good to see to kind of help get them on track. |
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